"Twenty degrees starboard."
"Twenty degrees starboard!"
"Twenty to starboard!"
The helmsman turned the wheel with focused precision, his movements betraying a veteran skill.
The searchlight flooded the land with light. Inside the cockpit, the calls were constant, and Captain Harvey's tone reached piercing heights to ensure every command was executed precisely.
Though almost a hundred percent of ships could sail in reverse, regrettably, the route hundreds of meters behind was already frozen over. For safety reasons, the Thesus had to turn around to break free from the ice and join the gray whales in the vast ocean.
Moreover, most pilots would not choose to reverse. The sea collision-avoidance rules almost always recommend decelerating or steering as measures to avoid collision, resorting to emergency brakes or reversing only when faced with urgent situations or the risk of collision—it's because such actions could damage the machinery.
